Lincoln, Luther, and King

An internet blog comment yesterday reads: I am now making the offer of 100 gazillionmilliontrillion dollars and a steak to one single person or group to definitively prove the existence of a creator God or creation at all. The ground: - Must be physical proof that science will never be able to refute. - Must be proof that logic cannot defy. - Must have God itself present said proof. By 8bithero on October 14, 2008 8:33 PM At first glance, it sounds like an innocent question. But this is like saying, "I will only believe in God if he exists on a playing field of my own definition. Here's the playing field: Referencing only physical proof, prove the supernatural exists." But the logic is skewed. The logic problem is clearly seen when posing the same argument in the other direction: "Referencing only the supernatural, prove the physical universe exists." Essentially we've carefully padded our challenge against failure by insisting up front that all e...

I recently ran across a blog written by a person who had lost their faith. They were talking about prayer and stated, "It became obvious to me that I was talking to the air- no answers, no response of any kind...Being a scientist, I dug into the literature for any studies on the efficacy of prayer. Lo and behold, there were actual, controlled studies that had been done. And the result? Drum roll, please….. nada, nil, zip, zilch, zero… no efficacy at all." Below was my response.